Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-14
000126995
Contested design: 008670491-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008670491-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gastro-Ape Pawel Laba e. K.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Müggelpark 23, 15537 Gosen-Neu Zittau, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Elektrobud S.A.
Poland (PL)
ul. Nowopolna 10, 67-400 Wschowa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
blue vehicle bodywork mounted on a truck
Wayback Machine / applicant website · disclosed 2020-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on Wayback Machine captures of its website showing a blue vehicle bodywork mounted on a truck before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the archived webpages as disclosure, found at least average design freedom for vehicle bodyworks, and considered the shared open frame, curved supports, and reinforced base decisive.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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